Chapter 288: The Imperial Capital is Bloodstained by Twilight Clouds
Why is this heavy rain so frightening, hearing the thunder, Liu Xifei is restless, the candle flame is beating, it has been four watches, but she still hasn't slept.
"Princess—" Mu Mu stomped his foot and put away the umbrella in his hand and entered the house.
"What, have you seen grandpa?"
Mu Mu shook his head and said, "Grandpa was discussing with several generals, and the guards at the door didn't let Mu Mu in." ”
Liu Xifei's body softened, and he sat on the stool, looking at the candlelight on the table and was stunned.
"Princess, why are you so restless these days, it's been four watches, and you don't even sleep, and you let Mu Mu go to Grandpa to inquire about the news of the prince, isn't it just two days ago that the prince is already on the way back?" Raising his eyes and looking at Liu Xifei's pale face, Mu Mu said: "But because the prince left Cloud City for the flawless son this time, the princess was unhappy? Also, not long after the wedding, the prince actually ......." As if realizing that he had said something he shouldn't have said, Mu Mu stopped his mouth violently, pursed his lips tightly, and stared at Liu Xifei with a pair of big black eyes.
Liu Xifei didn't listen to what she said at all, he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly said: "Mumu, tomorrow I will ask Ziyu to send you out of the city, after leaving the city, no matter where you go, in short, don't go back to Cloud City." ”
When Mu Mu heard that, he was dumbfounded, looked at Liu Xifei blankly, and then snorted, and cried: "Why did the princess drive Mu Mu away? But what did Mu Mu do wrong? If he did something wrong, the princess just said, Mu Mu must change, the princess should not drive Mu Mu away, Mu Mu has followed you since childhood, if you don't want me, where else can I go?"
Liu Xifei reached out to wipe the tears on Mu Mu's cheeks, frowned lightly and said: "Silly Mu Mu, how could my sister not want you, you and I are called master and servant, for so many years, I have always regarded you as my sister, but at this moment, the situation is ...... Mu Mu, my sister doesn't want you to become a victim in the power struggle at such an age, you believe me, let Ziyu send you out of the city, no matter the ends of the world from now on, you have to take good care of yourself. ”
Although Mu Mu is usually confused, he also felt the meaning of Liu Xifei's words at this moment, many people have come to the house these days, and they often discuss until midnight, and tonight is even more like this all night, it must be that something big is going to happen, so the princess asked people to send her out of the city, but she herself has to wait here for His Royal Highness to come back.
"I'm not leaving, where is the princess, where is Mu Mu, we have been together since we were children, how can there be danger Mu Mu will go alone, although Mu Mu is young, he also understands Entu, the princess wants to wait for His Royal Highness, Mu Mu will accompany the princess and others, if someone wants to be unfavorable to the princess, Mu Mu will fight with them!"
Liu Xifei shook his head lightly with tears in his eyes: "Stupid, who can you stop." ”
"Even if you can't stop it, you will never leave the princess, whoever wants to point the sword at the princess, will first wear Mumu's body. ”
Mu Mu threw himself into Liu Xifei's arms and hugged her tightly, the cry finally pulled down the tears in Liu Xifei's eyes, Liu Xifei hugged Mu Mu and shed tears.
"Your Highness will be back...... He will definitely protect the princess...... Will definitely ......."
Liu Xifei just looked up at the window and cried silently.
The entire palace was silent, and the guards at every post did not increase or decrease, as if they were no different from usual.
The ministers entered the Zhengde Hall in twos and threes, whispering a few words from time to time.
The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and he has not been to the court for a long time, according to the custom, the prince will come here to manage the government on his behalf.
The waiting process was quite boring, and some even yawned.
Liu Chengkui stood in the main hall, slightly distracted.
The battle between the two princes above the court has been divided into courts, and since he returned to Cloud City, he has been neutral. The prince is tough in his way of doing things, but he is quite popular among the people, and the efforts made are obvious to all, and King Yan is bold and wise, there are many supporters in the court, and there is a queen behind him, and now, he is his grandson-in-law, the battle for imperial power has entered the white-hot process due to the rebellion of Xiao Junmo, the king of comfort, and it has been irrepressible, and the shì is becoming more and more fierce these days, the prince is the prince designated by the emperor, but the king of Yan is related to the happiness of Xi Fei's life!
Liu Chengkui sighed lightly and looked up at everyone, and then exchanged glances with a few familiar faces, he and these colleagues who had a deep relationship with him last night had reached an agreement, if there was an infighting in the court, what they would support would be......
"The prince has arrived—"
The little sixth son-in-law beside the emperor first entered the main hall, and then the crown prince Zheng Chexuan stepped into the Zhengde Palace!
Zheng Chexuan had a hint of tiredness between his eyebrows, and his face was not very good.
After the ministers invited An, they played some trivial things as usual, and the battle situation in the northwest has always been a topic of discussion among the courtiers these days, but today Zheng Chexuan seems to be very out of state, and after Dong Zhen, the general of the Chinese army, explained many matters, everyone found that the person sitting on the top of the hall did not listen at all.
"His Royal Highness the Prince—"
Dong Zhen's tone was a little unkind, he was the most trusted person around the queen, and he was the commander of the Northwest Military Camp, at this moment the war extended within the scope of the Northwest Army, seeing that the person he was playing was not in his ears at all, Dong Zhen held a sulk in his heart.
"Zhongqing wait for a while, and the prince will return immediately!" The man in the palace actually stood up, left the minister of the palace and left, Dong Zhen stood in front of the column, watching the man leave regardless of it, dumbfounded, and then turned around angrily and said: "Look, my lords, how can you be worthy of such a great responsibility!"
Everyone was shocked when they saw him speak disrespectfully in the hall, Xiao Liuzi stood beside the hall with pain in his heart, and when he saw Dong Zhen say this, he couldn't help but say: " His Royal Highness the Crown Prince waited by the emperor's side day and night, and he never closed his eyes for a few days, he had to discuss with all the adults during the day, and he had to review and approve the folds of the court, and at night he was undressed and guarded in the Changchun Palace, even if he was beaten with iron, he couldn't stand it, and yesterday His Royal Highness said that he had a headache, and the Imperial Doctor Kou prescribed medicine, and it was too hot just now, and it was left in the apse.
Dong Zhen stood in the hall, blushing for a while by Xiao Liuzi's snatching of Bai Yan, and after a while, he couldn't help but be angry: "You are a minion, this Zhengde Hall is also the place where you speak-" After speaking, he raised his hand to beat Xiao Liuzi.
Although Xiao Liuzi is a eunuch, he has been with Lord Zheng Yuan since he was a child, and he is very cautious in speaking and doing things, and everyone sees him say this, it must be true, and he stopped Dong Zhen at the moment, and Xiao Liuzi died because of the emperor, and his grief was unbearable, but because of the prince's request to be calm, he couldn't help it, and he cried bitterly when the palace.
Zheng Chexuan stood in the apse, listening to the commotion in front of him, but he only stood with his hands in his hands, and did not go out, and several little eunuchs beside him were very puzzled when they saw this, and they didn't dare to make a sound, they all lay on the ground and didn't dare to get up.
There was a lot of noise in the hall for a while, and finally it was quiet, but the prince still did not come out, and the ministers turned their heads and whispered.
Wrong!
Liu Chengkui looked back at the outside of the hall with some uneasiness, and at some point, the forbidden army was added outside the hall, and it was still being transferred in.
Dong Zhen turned around and saw this, his face was shocked, and he was about to leave the hall as soon as his body moved, and at this time, listening to the voice of Xiao Liuzitong, Zheng Chexuan went to the hall again.
"General Dong, this prince has been infected with the cold these days, and his head has a little headache, he just went to drink the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, the northwest is the place under the jurisdiction of the general, and General Yuwen is a capable general under the general, and the general knows a lot about the war, so I will tell you how the war situation is now. ”
Dong Zhen was anxious, at this moment inside and outside the Zhengde Hall were extremely uneasy, the forbidden army suddenly stepped up its defenses, and he and other courtiers were trapped here, seeing Zheng Chexuan asking about the war, Dong Zhen looked up and stayed for a long time, but his body retreated, and said: "The minister will suddenly feel unwell, although the war in the northwest started, it will not be calmed overnight, please ask the prince to go back to rest, and the minister will prepare a recital to play the situation in detail." ”
"Why is General Dong in such a hurry!" Seeing Dong Zhen turn around and walk out, Zheng Chexuan suddenly dropped the teacup in his hand and fell heavily on the case.
"Since the general is unwell, this prince will pass on Imperial Doctor Kou to diagnose and treat the general, Imperial Doctor Kou has excellent medical skills, and he will be able to cure the disease!" Zheng Chexuan raised his hand after speaking, and several guards entered the door, holding Dong Zhen's arms left and right, and firmly restrained him.
"What does this mean, prince?" Dong Zhen roared angrily.
Zheng Chexuan leaned back, raised his eyebrows coldly, and said: "This prince is a good intention, leave the general in the palace to recuperate, and when the general is well, he will naturally let the general out." ”
"Let go of me, let go of me-I want to see the queen mother-" Dong Zhen struggled fiercely, Zheng Chexuan Huo Ran got up, his eyebrows were not shocked, he went down the steps step by step, and when he arrived in front of Dong Zhen, he said in a low voice: "Unfortunately, the queen mother is also sick, so as not to be disturbed, this prince has asked the Yong'an Palace to be heavily protected, and no one is allowed to visit!"
"Zheng Chexuan-you dare to be disrespectful to your mother-"
Zheng Chexuan left everyone and went to the door, raised his eyes to look at the palace gate in the distance, and when the dark yellow jumped into his eyes, he lowered his eyes and smiled lowly: "General Dong, I'm afraid, you won't be able to leave." ”
Liu Chengkui raised his eyes and looked at the Xuanhuang army that was gradually approaching the Zhengde Palace, and his body staggered back, and many of the ministers already recognized the costume, and they all became uneasy.
The Tiger Ben Army has been dispatched! What happened? It actually alarmed the Tiger Ben around the emperor to dispatch?!
Yun Lan held the helmet in his hand, walked to the outside of the Zhengde Hall very steadily, and knelt on the ground in front of the main hall: "Back to the prince, the minister took the four-sided tiger talisman granted by Lord Fu to mobilize the forbidden army, and together with the tiger army in the hands of the minister, within a radius of several hundred miles from Yuncheng, captured more than 8,000 rebels, and killed nearly 20,000 rebels who resisted, and now, the forces near Yuncheng have been cleared!"
Dong Zhen's body shook violently, and he raised his eyes to look at the man standing outside the door with his back to him, his eyes were split, and he couldn't wait to rush forward to eat his flesh and blood: "I want to see the emperor-I want to see the emperor-"
Zheng Chexuan didn't look back, only said softly: "General Yun has worked hard, let people open the city gate, this prince, I want to welcome His Royal Highness King Yan into the city!"
"Bang!", Dong Zhen's body unloaded, his knees bent, and he knelt straight behind the man.
Zheng Chexuan took a deep breath, and his footsteps slowly walked in the direction of Changchun Palace, and then faster and faster, faster and faster!
"Bang-" The door was slammed open, Liu Xifei suddenly raised his head, Mu Mu struggled desperately in the hands of a column of forbidden soldiers, and shouted: "Princess, run!"
Liu Xifei didn't panic, she stretched out her hand to straighten her clothes, got up indifferently, and stepped out of the door.
"Put Mu Mu away, she is just a girl of mine, and the person His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants is me, and she has no worries. ”
"Your Highness invites the princess to a place, the princess invites!"
The forbidden army was respectful to Liu Xifei, Liu Xifei smiled slightly, stepped into the rain curtain in a few steps, and gradually disappeared from Mu Mu's sight.